Lawn-mower cutter



ILAMLYS.,

'Jam 2, 1923.,

C. B. ENGLISH, JR. LAWN MowER CUTTER.

FILED APR.1,1921.

TTOR/VEYS Patented dan. 2, T9233.

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Lawnaaownn CUTTER.

appneanon mea april i, 1921. serial No. 457,796.

To ZZ 107mm it may concern.' the cutter bar 6 before the preceding blade Be it known that T, CHARLES B. ENGLISH, has left the cutter bar whereby there is a dr., a citizen of the United States, and a continuous contact of cutters with the cutter resident of Paulsboro, inthe county of bar. f Gloucester and State of New Jersey, have By reason of this construction the cutters invented a new and lmproved Lawn-Mower may be adjusted to operate very close to the Cutter, of which the following is a full., cutterbar 6 and even scrape against the clear, and exact description. same without undue friction and without o This invention relates to cuttersand par- 'any noise. Heretofore, a certain allowance 60 1Q ticularly to an improved cutter for lawn had to be made for the condition of the bearmowers and has for an object to provide a ings of the cutter 5 or rather of the bearings construction which works in a very ellicient of the shaft 4 in order to permit the cutting manner without requiring any unusual atbladesito pass the cutting bar. Quite often tention. the adjustment was irregular or rather more 65 Another object of the invention is to proon one side than the other and, consequently,

vide a cutter for lawnmowers in which the Aeach cutter blade would lirst strike the cutcutting blades are so formed as to overlap ter bar and then pass over the same. This the cutting bar at two points to a sufficient old method fails to produce a silent machine extent to allow the succeeding blade to enwhen the bearings become loosened through gage the bar before the preceding one has wear or from other causes by reason of the lleft the same, whereby injury to the blade point of support being at a distance from and noise is prevented. the pointgwhere the approaching blade meets Tn the accompanyingdrawing 1 the cutter bar. This is usually equal to al- Figure l is a top plan view of a lawn most the entire length of the bar. This ac- 75 mower constructed with blades embodying tion causes one end of the seating blade to the invention applied thereto. drop below the cutter bar and, therefore, in-

Figure 2 s an end view of the entire cutter stead of sliding smoothly onto the cutting shown in Figure l. bar it will first strike violently against it and Figure 3 is a diagram showing how the then slide over in the usual manner. This cutting blades pass over the cutting bar. bang or violent striking produces the usual i Referring to the accompanying drawing clatter which is common to lawn mowers now by numerals, 1 indicates a handle of any in use especially to lawn mowers which are desired kindwhich is connected in any suitrather old and the bearings worn. able manner with what may be termed a Tn the presentconstruction, the arrangebody or frame 2 of the lawn mower. Suit' ment of the blades prevents this banging or` able wheels 3 are provided and other suitstriking action because the cutter blades are able mechanism now in common use for rosupported at both ends by contact with the tating the cutter shaft 4. The parts just cutter bar due to the shape of the cutters, named are all well known and are illustrated said supporting action continuing until the 90 y merely to bring out more clearly how the blade following has overlapped the cutter cutter 5 is constructed and how the same bar. Tn View of this arrangement of supacts with the cutter bar 6. The cutter bar port against the cutter bar, clattering will 6 is adjustable toward andfrom the cutter be prevented. 5 in the'. usual manner but the construction By forming the cutter blad/esas shown in 95 of the cutter 5 is different from the cutters the drawing a satisfactoryl adjustment may heretofore provided, said difference being be made and also the blades will operate in the formation of the various blades 7 properly regardless of whether or not the which blades are formed into sections Sand `bearings are worn. Tn fact, the bearings 9 merging at a point 10. The sections 8 yand could be extremely loose and the parts. ad- 100 5e 9; of the blades 7 are sufficiently converge justed to, take care of this condition or to cause the point 10 of one blade to engage springs can be provlded acting on the shaft 4 for holding the cutter blades against the scribed a cutting bar and a rotary cutter cutter bar 6. It Will be noted that by the provided With a /plurality of unitary V overlapping of the blades on the bar 6, no shaped cutter blades arranged so that the 10 clattering can be produced While at the same apex of one blade overlaps said vcutting bar \5 time a good shearing action is provided. before the ends of the preceding blade leaves What l claim is the said bar. In a -1aWn mower of the character dei CHARLES B. ENGLSH, JR. 

